Man Killed In Seven-story Fall

A seven-story fall killed a 25-year-old man who was trying to get into his girlfriend`s apartment by going hand over hand along a narrow outdoor ledge when he lost his grip, according to police.

The man, Robert Jenkins, of 10508 S. Wentworth Ave., aparently was trying to get into his girlfriend`s apartment by dangling from a narrow ledge and pulling himself hand over hand for 30 feet outside the CHA building at 3030 W. 21st Pl., according to Sgt. Michael Chasen.

Jenkins tried to travel from a stairwell window past one apartment in order to reach a window in the apartment of his girlfriend, whom police would not identify.

Jenkins had made it about halfway when he lost his grip, Chasen said.

Earlier, Jenkins had left the apartment during a quarrel with the woman. Before he returned, she had left and locked the door, Chasen said.

Police were summoned to the scene by the sound of a nearby automobile alarm that apparently was set off by the fall.

Jenkins was pronounced dead on arrival at 1:15 p.m. at Mt. Sinai Hospital and Medical Center, a spokesman there said.